Car-mover



C. B. DEAN.

GAR MOVER.

(No Model Nd. 375443.v

Patenfied Den. 27, 1887.

M m m T all whom zlt may corwern:

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE GAR/PER B. DEAN, OF NORBORNE, MISSOURI.

CAR-MOVER.

SPECIIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent N0. 375,443, datedDecember 27, 1887.

Application filed September 12 1887. Serie] N0. 249,414. (No model.)

Be ib known bhat I, CARTER B. DEAN, of

' Norborne, Oarroll eounty, Staate of Missouri,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Movers, ofwhioh the following is a fu11, elear, and exaet description, refereneebeinghad to Ehe aecompanying dmwings, fonning apart hereof.

'Ihis invention relatesto instruments 'for moving oars by hand; and il;may. be said to consist in a suitable bar or 1ever having agripping-face for engaging tho tread of the car whee], and providedwi'th a hook for engaging the side fianges of the wheel, said hook prorjecting froin one side of seid bar zind extending transversely aorossEhe gripping-face th ereof, substantially es hereinaftaer seb forth, andpointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, which-illustrate the manner of oarrying out n1yinvention, Figure 1 is a perspeetive view showing the implemenb applied130 a. car-wheel. Fig. 2 is a side view showing ehe implement; appliedto a car-wheel and in osition to move it: by an upward movemenh Fig. 3is a similar view showing the implement arranged to move a car-wheel bydownward movemenb. Fig. 4 is, a perspedtive view of the instrumenb inmodified form, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the instrumentmodified soas t0 engage the flange side 0f a whee1.

A indicates a bar or 1ever of suitable material and haVing suffieient:length to permit all necessary ower being applied to the eurwhee1 1:0move the car, und having what1 may term a gripping face or plate, B,formed upon one end, as shown. The gripping face 01' plante I maymanufa'eture in differenls forn'xs,

e ither in skeleton forma, es indieated in Figs. 1 and 5, and composedof a nnmber of shorb bars welded together, or I may mannfactnre ib insolid form, as clearly shownin Fig. 4. This gripping-faee, it will beobserved, is slightly curved, so as to more near1y eonform to the treadof the wheel, which ib engages whei1 the instrument; is in use. A hooko1 prong, C, is formed iifitegral with or seonrely attaohed 110 theplate or face and projects from one side 0f said gripping-plate abapproximately a, righb gmgle thereto and extends transversely aoross Theletterb indicates the extreme end 01 fulcrum porbion of gripping-face B,and letter erepresents a cross-bar composing a portion of sai dgripping-plate when the Same ismann factured in Skeleton fonn, as beforemenbioned.

In operation, when a car is t0 be moved, the gripping-face B is p1acedin eontact with bhe tread ot' the wheel and hook 0 1's made to engagewheel-flange 2, as shown in be figures, when by lifl;ing lever A, 01 bypushingib down, the car-wheel willberotated und theoar moved along thebrach ineitber direction, aus may be desired. After one stroke of ehelever has been made recovery may be had and a new grip haken by slidingthe implement along on the wheel, somewhat similar to the way in whichordinary pinch-bars are used, the end b 0f the gripping-plate being madeto bite the treznd of the wheel, 01 the erid d the same, according tothe direction in whieh the car is t0 be moved.

In some cases I may bifurcate the end b and provide ib with a fork, c,zus indieated more clearly in Fig. 5, so that hook O may engage theopposite side of Ehe wl1eel fromm that shown in Fig. l, said fork duringope ration of the implement being located astride of flange 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 'Iheherein-deseribed implement for moving oars, consisting of the lever A,haviug the gripping portion B ab one end bhereof and the hook Oprojecting from said gripping portion, and thence laterally aoross thesame, so as 150 bear upon the inner snrface of the wheelflange,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix 1ny signuture in presenoe of owo witnesses.

GARTER B. DEAN.

